.... I feel uneasy about saying no to these requests even though it’s my time that I will be giving away and I’d tell anyone else they should be paid for their time. Yet still a little voice in my head wonders, “is it unseemly for a business woman’s first question to be whether she is going to be paid for her time, especially one who runs a consultancy committed to making business more empathic?”. ...

.... . Sue Choi, a young Korean business woman, has owned a small, colourful salon called Sweety Nails, based in the predominantly Asian neighbourhood of Flushing where manicures start at $7, for four years. ...

....Running my own business, I have often needed access to business expertise but could not always afford the fees. This all changed when a kind friend and clever business woman, Julia Streets, suggested that we create an advisory board. ...

.... . Katherine Garrett-Cox, who runs the the Alliance Trust investment firm and was named Veuve Clicquot's business woman of the year on Monday, complained that she has faced greater scrutiny because of her gender. ...

...."Why are you spending time cleaning, and ironing, and all that, when you could be spending that time on your business or socialising?" says the 41 year old, munching peanut butter and crackers in her London office. This may seem surprising advice from a business woman who only just survived a potentially knockout blow from one of the severest recessions in living memory. ...